Khaleda Zia jailed with an ‘evil design’: Fakhrul

BNP on Saturday alleged that its Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been put in jail as part of an ‘evil design’ of the government to hold another lopsided election to hang on to power.

‘The government wants to hold another one-sided election as it did in 2014. That’s why they sent Khaleda Zia to jail as part of their blueprint,’ said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reports the UNB.

Speaking at a rally, he further said, ‘The government won’t be able to implement its blueprint. We’ll surely restore people’s democratic and voting rights by freeing our leader (Khaleda) from jail.

Khulna district and city units BNP jointly arranged the rally in front of the party’s city office demanding Khaleda’s immediate release from jail.

The party sought permission to hold the rally at Hadis Park, but police allowed it to stage it in front of the party office.